Monday, March 20, 2006

Three year Iraq war stats

4) the cost of US military - $200 million each and every day5) number of WMDs found - 06) the average Iraqi policeman, doctor, teacher or soldier earns5 or 10 times his previous salary7) Iraqi security forces currently only controlled about 50% of the country

8) prospect of future - most Iraqis expect to face at least several more yearsof sectarian violence and instability

9) President George W. Bush approval rating - only 29% of the people surveyed - a new low- approved BushÂs handling of the situation in Iraq

10) Iraq political freedom - from none to dozens of newspapers, television stations and political parties

Number of people who no longer face mass graves, rape rooms, torture chambers and prisons for children -- 25 million. Number of liberals who care about the lives of brown-skinned people halfway around the world - 0.

Like your blog. Stats are interesting.Kindly inform the lone ranger that stats are neither liberal or conservative. What was posted in this post is the truth weather we like it or not. can you label someone for telling the truth? Sometimes the truth hurts more than a lie. Im sorry lone ranger that you think all Liberals are heartless bastards, as a liberal i was just as concerned about the wellfare of the Iraqi people as the average conservative. On the other hand I beleived that the state of the Iraqi people was not MR. Bushes reason for war in Iraq. If you will recall, Mr. Bush believed and led the American people beleive that Iraq had weapons of Mass Destruction and was intent on using them against the United States making it a viable reason to interfere in an international affair.You will recall that when no weapons of mass destruction were found Mr. Bush very quickly changed his tune and brought us this sob story about toppling a horrible dictator and bringing about the spred of democracy. You do realize that during this time the US government under control of Mr. Bush organized the overthrow of DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED Hatian President Jean-Baptiste Aristide. I may also remind you that throughout history the US government has a track record of supporting dictator s as long as the dictators serve the US interests. I would also remind you that the US government for a long time SUPPORTED Mr. Saddam Hussein. In conclusion let me say that nothing is as simple as what the government wants you to believe.

Technically, there are about 20,000 US casualties (a casualty being defined as killed OR injured) and 2,300 US KIA (Killed In Action). Luckily for our troops, they are in a war where they rarely die if they can make it to an aid station, no matter how badly they are wounded.

Contrast this with Vietnam, where about 2.5x more of the injured died due to poorer care and more time before evac to a proper hospital. If we had Vietnam fatality rates, we'd be have approximately 5,800 dead servicemen/women by now. A little math tells us the casualty rate in Iraq is about 3x lower than it was in Vietnam. This means that Iraq is a lower intensity conflict, less of our troops are being injured or killed per day than in Vietnam.